Change in fresh snow density in Tianshan Mountains, China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-47

  Chen, Xia ^a,b   Wei, Wenshou ^c   Liu, Mingzhe ^a,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; compaction rate; energy conversion; fresh snow density; principal component analysis; Tianshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

HOAR FROST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79951675003     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-010-0434-0     Document Type: Article

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